Archive Detail
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Imran Khan hails ICJ ruling on not relea | Islamabad, July 18 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday appreciated the ICJ's decision "not to acquit, release and return" Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav. But notably, Khan did not term the court ruling a victory for Pakistan, something that the media and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have claimed. | 18-Jul-2019 |
US welcomes Kartarpur corridor construct | New Delhi/Washington, July 17 (TIWN) The US has welcomed the construction of the Kartarpur corridor to link two Sikh shrines across the border between India and Pakistan, saying it supports anything that increases people-to-people ties between the two countries. | 17-Jul-2019 |
Hafiz Saeed arrested in Pakistan, sent t | Islamabad, July 17 (TIWN) One of the most wanted terrorists in India, the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attack and several cases of terror crime in the country and Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was arrested in Pakistan by the counter terrorism unit on Wednesday and sent to judicial remand, media reported. | 17-Jul-2019 |
Malaysia, Australia seek justice for MH1 | Sydney, July 17 (TIWN) The governments of Malaysia and Australia on Wednesday reiterated their determination to bring justice to the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board five years ago. | 17-Jul-2019 |
United to resume flights to India on Sep | New Delhi, July 17 (TIWN) A day after Pakistan withdrew airspace restrictions, the US-based United Airlines said it would resume daily non-stop flight to India on September 6. | 17-Jul-2019 |
US House condemns Trump for 'racist comm | Washington, July 17 (TIWN) The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to condemn US President Donald Trump for his "racist remarks" against four Democratic congresswomen. | 17-Jul-2019 |
Governor inaugurates International Confe | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Three Days International Conference inaugurated by Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, His Excellency Governor of Tripura and Chief Rector of Tripura University on today in the Academic Building XI, Auditorium-II. Prof. V. L. Dharurkar, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Tripura University presides over the program. In the said program while delivering the inaugural speech Prof. Solanki said mathematics is a very potential subject for improving the standard of life of human being. | 16-Jul-2019 |
Imran Khan to seek Trump's help on Kashm | Islamabad, July 15 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will seek US President Donald Trumps help to resolve the longstanding Kashmir issue with India when he meets the American leader next week in Washington, officials said. | 15-Jul-2019 |
May grooves to Abba's 'Dancing Queen' at | London, July 16 (TIWN) Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May was caught on camera dancing to Swedish pop-group Abba's iconic single "Dancing Queen" due a black-tie event, UK media reports said. | 16-Jul-2019 |
UK computer pioneer Alan Turing face of | London, July 15 (TIWN) British cmputer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's 50 pound note, it was revealed on Monday. | 15-Jul-2019 |
Lahore court grants pre-arrest bail to H | Lahore, July 15 (TIWN) An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Monday granted pre-arrest bail to Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and three others in a case pertaining to the banned outfit's alleged illegal use of land for its seminary. | 15-Jul-2019 |
Sri Lanka expecting 100,000 tourists in | Colombo, July 15 (TIWN) Sri Lanka is expecting at least 100,000 tourists to visit the island nation in July after arrivals saw a decline following the April 21 Easter Sunday terror attacks, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on Monday. | 15-Jul-2019 |
Former Bangladesh President HM Ershad de | Dhaka, July 14 (TIWN) Former Bangladesh President HM Ershad died in a military hospital here on Sunday due to age-related illnesses. He was 89. | 14-Jul-2019 |
Toll in Nepal floods, landslides reach 4 | Kathmandu, July 14 (TIWN) The death toll in the Nepal floods and landslides caused by torrential rain has increased to 43, while 21 were reported missing and 26 others injured, authorities confirmed on Sunday. | 14-Jul-2019 |
7.2-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia | Jakarta, July 14 (TIWN) A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's North Maluku province on Sunday, but was not potential for tsunami, an official at the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. | 14-Jul-2019 |
US man shot dead by police for allegedly | Washington, July 14 (TIWN) A man was shot dead by a police office in the US state of Washington for allegedly threatening an 18-month-old toddler. | 14-Jul-2019 |
New York hit by massive power outage | New York, July 14 (TIWN) A large power outage hit much of Manhattan's midtown and part of upper west side on Saturday evening. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Taliban storm Afghan hotel, 10 killed | Kabul, July 13 (TIWN) At least 10 persons were killed after a group of Taliban fighters stormed a hotel in Afghanistan's Badghis province on Saturday, leading to a gunfight with the security forces, an official said. | 13-Jul-2019 |
May speaks of 'pride and disappointment' | London, July 13 (TIWN) In her last television interview as the British Prime Minister, Theresa May said that she would feel a "mixture of pride and disappointment" when she leaves Downing Street in 12 days' time. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Nepal to raise visa fee for tourists fro | Kathmandu, July 12 (TIWN) A decision of the Nepal government to raise visa fees for foreign tourists will come into effect from July 17, as per the Department of Immigration (DoI). | 12-Jul-2019 |
Pakistan Law Ministry approached to remo | Islamabad, July 12 (TIWN) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday requested Pakistan's Law Ministry to remove Accountability Judge Arshad Malik from his post over a video controversy. | 12-Jul-2019 |
US House panel authorizes subpoenas for | Washington, July 12 (TIWN) The US House Judiciary Committee has authorized a dozen subpoenas for associates of President Donald Trump, including his son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kusher, as it pushes probes on obstruction of justice charges against Trump. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Russian S-400 missile system hardware de | Ankara, July 12 (TIWN) The first shipment of Russian S-400 missile defence system hardware to Turkey started on Friday, the country's Defence Ministry has announced. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Four Britons among foreigners arrested i | Beijing, July 12 (TIWN) Four Britons have been arrested in China's Jiangsu province, the British Embassy in Beijing said on Friday. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Journalist shot dead following death thr | Brussels, 11th July- Eduardo Dizon, an anchor working for the Brigada News FM radio was shot dead on July 10 when he was driving home after hosting his daily news commentary show. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) backs the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the killing and urging the authorities to bring his killers to justice. | 11-Jul-2019 |
China floods: 22 killed, 7 mn affected s | Nanchang (China), July 11 (TIWN) Twenty-two people have been killed and over 7 million people affected by heavy rain that has brought floods in China's Jiangxi Province since June, authorities said here on Thursday. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Gay, trans soldiers in South Korea face | Seoul, July 11 (TIWN) In a country where military service is obligatory for all men and consensual sex between men in the military is a crime, gay and trans soldiers in South Korea fall victim to harassment, violence and sexual assault, according to a new Amnesty International report. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Over 2,000 drunk drivers arrested in SL | Colombo, July 11 (TIWN) Over 2,000 drunk drivers have been arrested in Sri Lanka over the last seven days after police launched a special island-wide operation since July 5, police said in a statement here Thursday. | 11-Jul-2019 |
60 detained over SL Easter Sunday terror | Colombo, July 11 (TIWN) More than 60 suspects were detained while 167 others remain in custody over the Easter Sunday terror explosions in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people and injured over 500 on April 21, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on Thursday. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Six tourists killed on Greece freak stor | Athens, July 11 (TIWN) Six tourists were killed and 30 others injured in a violent freak storm that swept across a region of northern Greece, the media reported on Friday. | 11-Jul-2019 |
UN nuclear watchdog holds special meetin | Vienna, July 10 (TIWN) The UNs nuclear watchdog on Wednesday will hold a special meeting on Iran after the Islamic republic announced its second breach of the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. | 10-Jul-2019 |
China, US negotiators discuss ways to im | Beijing, July 10 (TIWN) The heads of the negotiating teams of China and the US have spoken on how to implement the consensus reached by the Presidents of the two countries, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday. | 10-Jul-2019 |
Kuwaitis plan to apply for 'gay' rights | Kuwait City, July 10 (TIWN) A group of citizens in Kuwait have planed to submit a request to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour next month to announce a "gay" society in the Muslim nation where LGBTQI members can be prosecuted under a "debauchery" law. | 10-Jul-2019 |
Afghan peace talks: Taliban agrees to re | Doha, July 10 (TIWN) The Taliban has agreed to reduce violence by stopping attacks on "religious centres, schools, hospitals, educational centres, bazaars, water dams and workplaces" in Afghanistan, that could expedite the end of the 18-year war in the war-torn nation, the media reported on Tuesday. | 10-Jul-2019 |
Japan urges Iran to keep to nuclear deal | Tokyo, July 8 (TIWN) Japan on Monday urged Iran to follow its commitments under a 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers and refrain from taking further actions to undermine it, after Tehran said it had started enriching uranium above the limit set by the deal. | 08-Jul-2019 |
Nepal book sellers, students hit after 1 | New Delhi/Kathmandu, July 10 (TIWN) Even as Indian publishers are grappling with a budget proposal of 5 per cent customs duty on imported books, in close neighbour Nepal, a 10 per cent duty on imported titles has left publishers and booksellers reeling, with students hit badly as Kathmandu imports over 80 per cent of its books from India. | 10-Jul-2019 |
Greece votes in 1st post-bailout parliam | Athen, July 7 (TIWN) Voters across Greece voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary elections since the 2008 global financial crisis that triggered financial bailouts leading the Greek economy to shrink by 28 per cent and increasing unemployment. | 07-Jul-2019 |
Trump administration inept and insecure: | London, July 7 (TIWN) In leaked emails, the UK's Ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch labelled American President Donald Trump's administration as "inept, insecure and incompetent", a media report said on Sunday. | 07-Jul-2019 |
Iraq launches major anti-IS offensive in | Baghdad, July 7 (TIWN) Iraqi security forces on Sunday launched an offensive to hunt down the remaining Islamic State (IS) militants in the provinces of Anbar, Salahudin and Nineveh. | 07-Jul-2019 |
12 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing | Kabul, July 7 (TIWN) At least 12 people were killed and 80 others injured on Sunday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's Ghazni city, authorities said. | 07-Jul-2019 |
N-deal: Macron, Rouhani to look at condi | Paris, July 7 (TIWN) France and Iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, President Emmanuel Macron said. | 06-Jul-2019 |
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to christen | London, July 6 (TIWN) Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle on Saturday are expected to hold the baptism ceremony of their son, Archie, in Windsor Castle, on the outskirts of London, in what is to be a private ceremony attended by family and close friends, although details were yet to be made public. | 06-Jul-2019 |
7.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Southern | San Francisco, July 6 (TIWN) A massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit Southern California, swaying buildings, cracking foundations and forcing panicked residents to sleep on the streets a day after a 6.4-magnitude temblor hit the US state. | 06-Jul-2019 |
Indian diplomat tears into Pakistan's pr | New Delhi, July 6 (TIWN) An Indian diplomat from Jammu and Kashmir took on Pakistan strongly at the UN Human Rights Council on the issue of Kashmir, and said that Islamabad's portrayal of self determination is "actually state-sponsored cross border terrorism". | 06-Jul-2019 |
Conservative leadership: UK voters 'issu | London, July 6 (TIWN) Some members of the UK's ruling Conservative Party have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader and Prime Minister, the BBC said in a report on Saturday. | 06-Jul-2019 |
Pakistani anchor confuses Apple Inc with | Islamabad, July 6 (TIWN) A Pakistani TV anchor confused Apple Inc with the fruit during the live programme recently and became a laughing stock on social media. | 06-Jul-2019 |
Missing Australian student released from | Canberra, July 5 (TIWN) An Australian student released by North Korea broke his silence on Friday, expressing gratitude for the support he has received and saying he was looking to go back to normal life. | 05-Jul-2019 |
UN: Venezuela using death squads to kill | United Nations, July 5 (TIWN) Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, a new UN report has said. | 05-Jul-2019 |
Indian-origin banker jailed for cheating | Singapore, July 5 (TIWN) An Indian-origin banker has been sentenced to 13 years in jail in Singapore after he pleaded guilty to 20 forgery and cheating-related charges, and another 30 charges under the Computer Misuse Act for $10 million. | 05-Jul-2019 |
Japan holds whale meat auction after hun | New Delhi, July 5 (TIWN): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to issue Aadhaar cards to non-resident Indians holding Indian passport on their arrival in the country. | 05-Jul-2019 |